Welcome
Welcome to the world of orienteering, where adventure meets skill and nature comes alive! Whether you are a seasoned navigator or a curious beginner, our club Lagan Valley Orienteers offers an exciting way to explore the great outdoors. Join us as we embark on thrilling journeys through forests, up mountains, and around parks, all while honing our navigation skills, making friends, running together and having fun. See “I tried orienteering” on YouTube and continue reading here.
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NI Colour Series 6 Craigavon |
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NI Night Champs Sir Thomas & Lady Dixon Park |
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Skills Squad #4 - junior coaching Slievenagore |
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News Headlines
- Colour Standards Updated
- 📢NI Colour Series 6 – online entry closes at midnight tonight!
- 📢NICS6 Online Entries close this weekend
- 🚨Rescheduled date after October storm cancellation for NI Colour Series Urban 🚨
- 🏃♀️🍂Entries close this SUNDAY for Hillsborough Autumn Trophy
News
Here are the first 100 hundred words of the latest posts to LVO’s news feed. Please note that hyperlinks appear as plain text in these snippets – click the heading to see the full post with working hyperlinks. The news page is here.
- Colour Standards Updated - The Hillsborough results have been added to the colour standards table. You can try "STANDINGS>Colour Standards". If, like me, that doesn't work you can go the long route: "Resources > OneDrive Public > [2] Club colour standards > Colour Standards.pdf" I found a number of errors, mostly layout, as I was doing the update. If you find any more please let me know. Now for the hCOW tables, but first I have to work out how far you had to run without swimming across the lake. Updates will be coming thick and fast, with the last colour events of the… Read More ...
- 📢NI Colour Series 6 – online entry closes at midnight tonight! - 🏘️This will be a fun, fast and fizzical urban race around the streets of Craigavon ℹ️For more info and to enter visit: https://lvo.org.uk/allfixtures/ni-colour-series-6-26/ Read More ...
- 📢NICS6 Online Entries close this weekend - ❗Don't forget to enter for NICS6 💻Online entry closes at midnight on Sunday 8th Nov 🏘️This will be a fun, fast and fizzical urban race around the streets of Craigavon ℹ️For more info and to enter visit: NI Colour Series 6 Read More ...
- 🚨Rescheduled date after October storm cancellation for NI Colour Series Urban 🚨 - If anyone couldn't go to the last date in October, entries are now open again for the rescheduled November event: 📅 Date: Sunday 15 November (New Date!) ⏰ Start times: 11:30am–2:00pm 📍 Location: Craigavon Lakes 🔎 Full event details: https://lvo.org.uk/allfixtures/ni-colour-series-6-26/ 📝 Enter now: https://www.sientries.co.uk/event.php?event_id=18941 With 7 different courses to choose from, there's something for everyone, from the 2.8km Yellow course right up to the challenging 11.5km Brown, with map flips for the top 3 courses! Read More ...
About Orienteering
Videos: Introduction to Orienteering | Setting the map | Using the Compass | Attack Points | Aiming Off | Large Contour Features | Route Choice | Intricate Contours.
Websites: Learn Orienteering (e.g. map colours, legends, control symbols and much else besides) | O-training.net (a resource for orienteering training).
Read about the different types of orienteering here and you’ll find some tips here.